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Observant bird friends have met skylarks on road verges these last few days. Their time to arrive is when the first "lark tussocks” shown up from under the melting snow. There is of course always the haunting question of how many of these first arrivals that manage to survive?

People often don’t recognize the skylark from its looks. It is no reproof: in contrast nearly no-one fails to know its trilling. The female and male look similar, the back and wings are earth brown with lighter stripes and flecks, the belly yellowish white. The rear edges of the slightly rounded wings have a white edging, as the tail feathers.

Walking on the ground it leaves a slightly clumsy impression, but when it comes to jumping or running there are few to match it.

 

On the islands, in South Estonia, and yesterday in North Estonia, stock pigeons have been seen: they are well-known March migrants. They can be seen feeding with domestic pigeons, in smaller, quiet settlements.